Proving a negative in history: the non-appearance of the Hungarian football team at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 Murray, Les and Hay, Roy 2013, Proving a negative in history: the non-appearance of the Hungarian football team at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956, Sporting traditions, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 1-14. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Proving a negative in history: the non-appearance of the Hungarian football team at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 Author(s) Murray, Les Hay, Roy Journal name Sporting traditions Volume number 30 Issue number 2 Start page 1 End page 14 Total pages 14 Publisher Australian Society for Sports History Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2013-11 ISSN 0813-2577 Keyword(s) Sports history Hungary 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games sport in socialist societies Hungarian communist regime football Summary In this article we examine why Hungary, despite having the best football team in the world, did not enter the competition at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. We examine several explanations and find them to be based on errors and misconceptions. Given the significance of sport in socialist societies, we believe that the most likely explanation lies in the relationship between the Hungarian communist regime and that of the Soviet Union. Ongoing archival research suggests that the Hungarian regime did not enter a football team because it wanted to assist the Soviet Union in winning the gold medal, which it was thought would demonstrate the moral superiority of communism. This proposition is supported by a 2012 interview with Jenö Buzánszky, one of the two survivors of the Hungarian team. Language eng Field of Research 210307 European History (excl British, Classical Greek and Roman) Socio Economic Objective 950504 Understanding Europe's Past HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2013 Copyright notice ©2013, Australian Society for Sports History Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060004 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Humanities and Social Sciences   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 28 Jan 2014, 07:30:09 EST Tue, 28 Jan 2014, 07:54:55 EST Wed, 29 Jan 2014, 12:04:21 EST Wed, 29 Jan 2014, 14:41:45 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 12:29:03 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 12:30:33 EST Thu, 30 Jan 2014, 12:31:38 EST Fri, 31 Jan 2014, 07:16:06 EST Fri, 31 Jan 2014, 07:17:36 EST Thu, 06 Feb 2014, 08:15:16 EST Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 12:30:14 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 161 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 28 Jan 2014, 07:29:51 EST by Roy Hay

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